English Literature MCQs

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Which of the following sentences is the famous first line of Nabokov’s “Lolita” ?


a“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.”


b “Lolita, look at this tangle of thorns.”


c“Lolita, all at once we were madly, clumsily, shamelessly, agonizingly in love with each other.”


d “Lolita, a cluster of stars palely glowed above us.”



Fill in the blank. The novel “Things Fall Apart” explores ____________ society and its encounter with European colonialism?


aIbo


bRussian


cIrish


dIndian


View Answer Ibo

Which of the following are well-known Post-Modern theoreticians ?


aLinda Hutcheon


bJean Baudrillard


c Thomas Hobbes


dBoth A and B


View Answer Both A and B

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Naturalism” as an artistic and literary movement ?


aNaturalism is a search for scientific certainty.


bNaturalism depicts humans as reasonable and objective.


cNaturalism depicts the more “animalistic” tendencies of humans.


dNaturalism considers the author or artist to be like a scientist.



Which of the following is a literary work of “The Lost Generation ?”


a Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises”


bJames Joyce’s “Dubliners”


cJoseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”


dFriedrich Nietzsche’s “Twilight of the Idols”



Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” is an example of which of the following literary trends ?


aAestheticism


bNaturalism


cDecadence


dBoth A and C


View Answer Both A and C

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Realism” as an artistic and literary movement ?


aRealism strives to depict humans within a certain social context.


bRealism depicts the tension between harsh reality and ideals.


cRealism gives up the search for truth and instead embraces moral relativism.


dRealism explores ethical quandaries within a social context.



T.S. Eliot’s “TheWaste Land” begins with which of the following well-known opening lines ?


a “Was it for this-”


b “Riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.”


c “And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.”


d“April is the cruellest month”



Which of the following best describes the novel “The God of Small Things?”


aIt is a lyrical novel that explores cultural identity and decline of an Indian family.


b It is a Romantic novel that explores the decline of a Russian family.


c It is a stream-of-consciousness narrative that explores cultural identity in nineteenth-century Ireland.


dIt is a lyrical novel that explores the decline of a Caribbean family.



Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the general characteristics of T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland” ?


aSome academic scholars suggest that “TheWasteland” is an extrapolation of the search for the Holy Grail.


b “The Wasteland” is an excellent example of modernist symbolism.


cEliot’s poem takes great pains to illustrate the breakdown of stable meaning in the modern world.


d “The Wasteland” is often used as an excellent example of poetic realism.



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